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SHOE CLASP.

No. 861,993. Patented Apr. 26, 1887-.

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DAN F. DALTON, OF WATERBURY, ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH O. HAMMOND, JR, OFROOKVILLE, AND THEODORE E. KING, OF WESTPORT, CONN.

SHOE-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,993, dated April26. 1887.

Application filed May 18, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, DAN F. DALTON, of Waterbury, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in ShoeOlasps, of which the following is a description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein-' Figure 1 isa perspective view of one form shoes.

It consists in a tongue pivotally connected to a plate or like support,and having on the lower side a hook or like device for engaging loops orprojections in acatch-plate, and above this a longer arm extending inposition to serve as a means for moving the tongue to'fasten or unfastenthe device, and in the combination of the several parts, as moreparticularly herein after described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a denotes the tongue of abuckle or clasp which is formed from a piece of sheet metal folded backupon itself to form a pivot-socket, b,with a down-turned and hook-shapedarm, a, on the underneath part of the tongue, and the arm at extendingabove and beyond the lower arm. This tongue at is pivotally connected tothe tongue-plate c,which is preferably of metal cut or stamped to shapeby passing the tongue through the loop a in the tongue-plate and foldingit over and inclosing the cross-bar on the plate which serves as thepivot for the tongue. The catch-plate d is of ordinary construction,preferably struck from metal, with the several openingsjd, into any oneof which the hook-shaped arm a is thrust by pushing down upon thelever-arm a of the tongue, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

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The several parts of the device, when they are engaged, occupy therelative position substantially as shown in the crosssectional view inFig. 2, and the tongue may be unclasped or disengaged by catching holdof the end of the lever-arm a of the tongue, and by lifting it andpulling the hook-shaped arm out of the opening in the catch-plate.

The tongue may be pivotally connected to the plate by forming thetongue-blank with projecting trunnions integral with it, as illustratedin Fig. 3-, and forming the sockets in the tongue plate by turning backthe projections so that they may be closed down upon the trunnions.

It is obvious that there are forms of tongue plate or equivalent meansfor supporting the tongue and connecting it to an article ofwearing-apparel which may be used without departing from the mainfeature of my improvement, which consists in the pivotallysupportedtongue having the hook-shaped arm or equivalent means for engaging thecatch-plate and the projecting lever-arm which serves as the means fordisengaging or engaging the parts.

The several parts of my improved clasp are si mple in form,and may bequickly and cheaply made and assembled.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a buckle or clasp, the tongue-plate withits pivot-bearings, in combination with the pivotallysupported tongue(I, having below the pivot the hook-shaped engaging-arm, and above thepivot the forward-extending lever arm, all substantially as described.

2. In combination with the tongue-plate having a pivot-bar, thepivotally-supported tongue a, having below the pivot the hookshaped arma and above the pivot the for ward-extending lever-arm a, and acatchplate, (I, all substantially as described.

DAN F. DALTON.

\Vitnesses:

D. F. Wnnsrnn, (Jr-rs. F. WIELLETTE.

